Instagram comedian cum activist, Mr Macaroni has reacted to the death of Sylvester Junior, a 12-year-old who was allegedly beaten to death for refusing to succumb to pressure by fellow students to join a cult.
Naija News reports that Sylvester Junior, a 12-years-old boy was allegedly beaten to death at a Lagos school for refusing to join a cult.
According to Perrie, an uncle to the 12-year-old boy, via the microblogging platform, Twitter, his cousin until his death was a student of Dowen college in Lagos State.
The school, Dowen college denied the allegations, claiming that the deceased sustained injuries while playing football and was given immediate medical attention by the school’s resident nurse.
Cousin of Sylvester Junior, Perrie, then released the video on his conditions before he passed on.
12-year-old Slyvester was visibly wincing in excruciating pain in the video that was shared.
Reacting, to the video, Mr Macaroni sympathized with the family of Sylvester.
He also called out the school, revealing that football injuries don’t cause that much pain.
He wrote; ‘‘I deeply sympathize with the family of Sylvester Oromoni. I just saw the video that was recorded before the died. He couldn’t move, mouth swollen, teeth bleeding.. Football injuries don’t cause that much pain! Dowen college, there are a lot of questions begging to be answered.”
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